Cooking implement.



PATENTED SEPT. 13, 1904.

S. GREENFELD.

COOKING IMPLEMENT. APPLICATION FILED Nov. 16, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

lilNiTED STATES Patented September 13, 1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

COOKING INIPLENIENT SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.769,823, dated September 13, 1904. Application filed November 16, 1903,Serial No. 181,358. (No model.)

To au whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL GREENEELD, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of theborough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings andState of New York, have invented a certain new and useful CookingImplement, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to adjustable screens for cooking implements orutensils, roastingpans, and the like. Its object is to produce a pan andthe like with a screen having strainers of various mesh.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents an axial verticalcross-section of a cooking utensil or pan with the invention attachedthereto. Fig. 2 shows a partial top View of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a partialsection of Fig. l on the line Fig. 4 represents a partial section ofFig. l on the line an d, and Fig. 5 shows a partial section of Fig. l onthe line m2 m2. Fig. 6 represents a front View of the slide with itsstrainers.

The pan is represented at A, on one of the sides a of which are fastenedthe guides A A2 for a slide B, which latter has openings covered withthe strainers or screensOO O2 and a handle B. The upper guide Al has anopening in about its central portion for a secondary slide or catch D,The latter is held between secondary guides CZ, attached to the side frof the pan.

The slide Bhas on its Lipper edge the notches or indentations suitableto be engaged by the secondary slide D. An opening E is formed in theside a of the pan and is arranged so that the slide B can be made tocover the said opening E, and the end O3 of the said slide is notperforated, as shown. A spout F extends from the opening E in the pan,and stops G are fastened to the side o to prevent the slide B becomingdisengaged from the guides A A2.

To use the invention, the secondary slide D is made to engage with anyof the notches o, thereby closing the opening E or bringing the screensO to C2 over the opening, or the said opening can be left uncovered, asshown in Fig. 1.

It is evident that my invention can be applied to a cylindrical orcurved vessel, the guides and slide being made to conform to the shapeof the vessel.

In using the invention the slide is generally made to cover the openingin the side of the pan with one of the strainers suitable to thethickness of the gravy in the pan. The latteris then tipped, and thegravy is strained through the strainer beforeit runs from the spout.

Having described my invention, I claiml. A cooking utensil provided withan opening in a side or wall thereof, inv combination with a slidearranged to be placed over said opening, strainers on the slide, asecondary slide on the utensil arranged to engage the first slide, andretain the latter in position.

2. A cooking utensil provided with an opening in a side or Wall thereof,in combination with a slide arranged to be adjusted over said opening,strainers over openings in the slide, the said slide having notches inone edge thereof, a secondary slide on the utensil arranged to engagesaid notches, and a spout extending from the opening in the utensil.

3. A cooking-pan provided with an opening in a side or wall thereof, incombination with a slide having notches iu one of its edges,

and arranged to be adjusted over said opening, guides on the side of thepan and extending on two sides of said opening, secondary guidesextending from the first set of guides, a secondary slide arranged inthe secondary guides, strainers over openings in the iirst slide, thesecondary slide arranged to engage the notches in the first slide, and aspout eX- tending from the opening in the side of the pan.

Signed at New York, in the county of New. York and State of New York,this 19th day of October, A. D. 1903.

SAMUEL GREENFELD.

Witnesses:

NEWTON HARRISON, GEO. R. YOUNG.

